Inspired McCurry leads charge into last eight

Inspired McCurry leads charge into last eight

Denis Walsh

Sunday August 02 2015, 12.45am, The Times

Denis Walsh

Sunday August 02 2015, 12.45am, The Times

TYRONE concluded their march through the foothills of the qualifiers with a gentle return to Croke Park. The gulf in class between these teams occasionally flashed up on the scoreboard, though not necessarily at the end: Sligo’s desperate pursuit of respectability kept them honest long after the outcome was decided.

It might be patronising to say that a seven-point defeat represented a measure of redemption for Sligo after their 26-point humiliation in the Connacht final but Sligo are not in a great positon to take offence. They can count the positives: having shipped six goals against Mayo they rarely looked like conceding a goal here against a team that is not prolific in that department. Most of all, though, they kept going.